From: Kevin <kevin.olbrich@...>
Date: 2006-10-05T20:35:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Cooking conversion table / library?

On Oct 5, 12:08 am, Ben Bleything <b...@bleything.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 05, 2006, routinizat...@gmail.com wrote:
> > I'm starting a Rails project with a cooking recipe focus.  I was
> > wondering if anyone knows of a pre-existing library that will handle
> > the classic dry and liquid cooking conversions such as teaspoons to
> > tablespoons, tablespoons to cups, fluid ounces to pints, ounces to
> > pounds, etc.  Something like what Rails' ActiveSupport does with number
> > extensions would be nice, but this beggar isn't a chooser.I don't know of a library, but get yourself a copy of The Joy of Cooking
> and write one!
>
> :D
>
> Ben

The ruby-units gem can handle all sorts of unit conversions.  I'm
pretty sure the standard cooking measurements are pre-defined.

'1 floz'.to 'cups'
=> 0.125 cu

_Kevin
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